Re: Normalized design benefits

A tent is easier to design, build, and maintain than a house, so these "developers" must live in a tent.
I doubt you will be able to convince them, no matter what type of proof you show.

"Jay Canha" <jpc37_at_email.med.yale.edu> wrote in message news:3AAD5BA3.5CC2BBEA_at_email.med.yale.edu...
> Some members of our project design team have a perception that
> normalized transactional databases take longer to
> desing/develop/maintain than denormalized designs and, therefore,
> normalization isn't really worth doing. This is leading to a string of
> denormalized databases which concerns some developers familiar with the
> benefits of a normalized design.
>
> Can anyone point out any some articles by respected authorities which
> explain (in basic terms) the benefits of normalization and prove that
> normalization actually saves time and effort.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 13 2001 - 16:32:27 CET